PALERMO v. UNITED STATES

No. 471.

360 U.S. 343 (1959)

PALERMO v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 22, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wyllys S. Newcomb argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was John A. Wells.

Ralph S. Spritzer argued the cause for the United States. On the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Rice, Joseph F. Goetten and Lawrence K. Bailey.


MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner was convicted of knowingly and willfully evading the payment of income taxes for the years 1950, 1951 and 1952. A substantial part of the alleged evasion was failure to report income from dividends. Among the Government's exhibits at trial was a record, presumably contemporaneous and in the petitioner's handwriting, of dividends received during 1951 and...

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